Synonyms for immodest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-mod-ist |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɒd ɪst |
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Définition of immodest
Origin :- 1560s, "arrogant, impudent, pretentious," from Latin immodestus "unrestrained, excessive," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + modestus (see modest). Meaning "indecent" is from 1580s. Related: immodestly.
- adj shameless
- Everything even yet looks so immodest on those vast stretches.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- The sense in which it is misused is that of immodest, indecent.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- It was easy for her to believe that she had been immodest and forward in her solicitude.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- I think you're the most immodest—I'm ashamed that you're my daughter.
- Extract from : « A Family Man (From the Fifth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- I hope I am not immodest in saying that I think I have, in some degree, done this.
- Extract from : « Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements » by Various
- She instituted that immodest "The" with her own hand; she did not wait for somebody else to think of it.
- Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- My proposition would be immodest if it concealed any afterthought.
- Extract from : « Monsieur de Camors, Complete » by Octave Feuillet
- The innocence and nakedness are resumed—they are neither modest nor immodest.
- Extract from : « The Oxford Book of American Essays » by Various
- So we do not say inmodest and inpartial, but immodest and impartial.
- Extract from : « Plain English » by Marian Wharton
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